is there any way of getting video out without using the dock? Standard definition would be fine.
All I need is a standard composite plug to go to tv or vcr when i'm in a hotel room.
But I don't really want to take the whole dock when i go.
Is there anything available for this?
Thanks!

Not that I know of. The image of a Zune laying flat with only a cable running out of it's bottom is unexceptable to the Zune team. The remote needs a sensor to see it, and the place to put a sensor is in a dock. I personally think it could have been built into every Zune, but they didn't ask me.

The image of a Zune laying flat with only a cable running out of it's bottom is unexceptable to the Zune team. The remote needs a sensor to see it, and the place to put a sensor is in a dock. I personally think it could have been built into every Zune, but they didn't ask me.

The way around this, of course, would be to let the Zune remain active and controllable when outputting video (i.e. no remote needed)...but, again, the Zune team didn't opt for that sort of functionality.